Adulthood

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things. — read the full passage →

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; — read the full passage →

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.

The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

It was so, as Yahweh’s ark came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; — read the full passage →

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me, — read the full passage →

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

“You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

not of works, that no one would boast.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’